ROMAN BRONZE NUDE HERMES (MERCURY) Wearing high boots and a cloak draped over his left shoulder and wrapped around his left arm, holding a money bag in his extended right hand, and once holding his caduceus in his left, his short curly hair topped with a petasos, the eyes inlaid in silver. Published: Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, no. 28). C. Vermeule and J.Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York, 1992, no. 88-15. Ex collection of John Kluge, Charlottesville, VA, acq. Royal-Athena 1988. 1st Century BC/AD H. 4 in. (12.1 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 37 CNU104 $14,500 Sales

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